Great God how frail a thing is man How swift his minutes pass His age contracts within a span He blooms and dies like grass.

Full Text
Great God how frail a thing is man How swift his minutes pass His age contracts within a span He blooms and dies like grass.
Listed on Page Number
286
Sampler Worked By
Lucy Guild
Date of Sampler
1802
Place Sampler Made
n.p.
Sampler Listed on Page
186
Author/Publication/Country/Date
Biles, Dr. “Thomas-Town,” William Billings, The Continental Harmony… Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, 1794. pg. 66.
Notes
“Words by Dr. Biles” https://archive.org/details/continentalharmo00bill_0/page/66/mode/1up?q=frail